Legging



1,633 924 June 1927' H. F. CHESTER LEGGING Filed Sept. 1924 6 Hal. j

uoemtoz Patented June 28, 1927.

HOWARD F. CHESTER. OF BROOKLYN HEIGHTS VILLAGE, OH I O.

V LEGGING.

Application filed September. 6, 1924. Serial No. 736,204.

The object of the invention is to provide a legging for the purpose, which may be ver uickl removed as it is at times necessary to remove a legging with the greatest expediency.

Reference should be had to the accom panying drawings forminga part of this specification, in which Fig. 1 is an elevation of the legging as applied to the leg of a wearer; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same; and Fig. 3 is a sectionupon the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. i

The legging, itself, is formed of a piece of material, indicated at 1, which is flexible, and will be of suflicient width to wrap around the leg of a wearer, and of sufficient height to protect the leg from the foot to. the knee, or possibly higher.

The material may be any that is suitable for the purpose, that is to say, pliable and. resistant to fire or hot metal to the greatestpossible extent, and for the purpose I have found that chrome leather is quite satisfactory.

The lower portion of the legging may be provided with a tongue 2, having sufficient flatness to go over the top of the shoe of the wearer.

A portion of the legging is preferably provided with stiffening membersas indicated at 3, these members being attached to a por tion of the member 1, as maybe found most desirable and convenient.

At one end of the body portion 1 of the logging the material is folded back, as inthe pin 5 is inserted in the folded over portion 4, the portions of the pin which, are' opposite the notches 7 will be exposed.

Upon the outside surface of the body-1 of the legging there are secured a plurality of straps, as indicated at 8. These straps at one end are secured to the material of. the

legging, and at their opposite endsare pro,-.

vided with hooks 9, in the present instance three hooks being used. The length of the straps 8 is made adjustable by the use of a buckle, in a manner which will be very well understood,'and needsno extended description. 7 Thelhooks 9 are adapted to engage with the pin 5 at the notched-out portions 7,

to hold the legging upon the leg of the wearer.

As before stated, one of the objects of.

in the event that necessity demands it, as

may be the case when hot metal, for instance, burns through the body of the legging and it is desired to remove the legging so as to get at the limb of the wearer.

This may be accomplished by merely pulling the pin 5 from the folded over portion of the legging, and as the pin is pulled, the hooks 9 are released and the legging will immediately drop from the limb of the wearer. i

The construction which has been described 1 not only forms an efficient and satisfactory method of holding the legging when wrapped around the limb of a wearer,'but, as will be seen, a rapid and satisfactory method of releasing the legging from the limb of the wearer.

Having described my invention, I claim. L'A legging comprising a flexible body portion adapted to encircle the limb of a wearer, vertically spaced horizontally dis posed straps adjustably attached to the legging, fastening members attached to said straps, and a removable member carried by the legging along one edge thereof with which the fastening members are adapted to' engage.

2. A legging adapted to be wrapped around the limb of a wearer, comprising a flexible body portion, vertically space-d fastening members attached to the legging and adjustable toward and from one edge thereof, and a slidable member extending along the opposite edge of the legging and adapted to co-operate with the fastening members.

3. A legging adapted to be worn on the limb-0f a wearer, comprising a flexible body UNITED STATES PATENT, OFF-ICEQ y when the legging is in use and worn. This attachment of the hooks to the pin serves lOl) portion to be wrapped around the limb, vertlcally spaced fastening members carried by the legging and adjustable toward and gageable with the exposed portions of the pin to hold the legging in place, said pin when removed releasing the hooks.

5. A legging comprising a body portion of flexible material adapted to be wrapped around the limb of a wearer, a fold along one edge of said legging forming a casing, portions of said casing being notched out, a pin occupying said casing, and fastening members attached to said legging and adapted to co-operate with the pin at the notches in the casing, said pin being slidable to release the fastening members.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aflix my signature.

HOWARD F. CHESTER. 

